# Charles Talbot — The Humbugs of the World character guide

> Charles Talbot in The Humbugs of the World by P. T. Barnum.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Charlie Talbot

**First appearance:** 0026-xx

## Who they are

A young man who was swindled by a humbug.

## In the story

### [Banner of Light — Messages from the dead — Spiritual civilities — Spirit "hollering" — Hans von Vleet, the female Dutchman — Mrs. Conant's "circles" — Paine's table-tipping humbug exposed.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_humbugs_of_the_world_se/chapters/xv)

Spirit of a soldier from Chambersburg, PA, who communicates through Mrs. Conant, calling another spirit 'Old Grisly'.

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